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The other day I put together a pretty incredible panoramic photo of the sun rising over Toronto’s skyline. It’s comprised of 30 shots taken from my balcony, and it weighs in at a hefty 31 megapixels; if you click the thumbnail in this post you can see a cropped 8×10 version of it.

After I posted the photo on the Facebook, the comments started pouring in; one friend who’s since left Toronto even wanted to print it up and frame it, to remind him of his time spent here. They liked it, they really liked it — and that was just the tiny little Facebook version!

Then I found out that Gregg Tilston, a friend and fellow FreshBooks alum, is now writing a brand new travel blog for Flight Centre. Yes, that Flight Centre — best known for those creepy pilot statues responsible for so many childhood traumas — is now diving head-first into the Web, and doing an excellent job so far.

(In fact, I’ve heard those Flight Centre statues are really the bodies of those who have dared to cross Gregg in the past, encased in plaster and painted to look like pilots. But I’m sure that’s just a nasty rumour that nobody would ever ask @greggtilston about on Twitter. You know… because he’d kill you. And turn you into a statue.)

Anyway, Gregg was so impressed with the photo, he actually used it as the basis for a post yesterday on his favourite places in the world for sunrises and sunsets! Which gave me a serious case of the warm fuzzies; I don’t think I’ve ever been “published” before.

All of this commotion over one photo got me to thinking: I’m a decent photographer. So why don’t I collect, say, 24 of my favourite photos I’ve taken, and put them in one place for everyone to enjoy? I could even call it my photography portfolio.

So that’s exactly what I’ve gone ahead and done. Let me know what you think; comments are enabled on my portfolio pages, so please go ahead and put that functionality to good use.

I’d share the stories behind a few of the photos, but I’ve gotta go — Gregg just surprised me at my door! I guess he’s here to congratulate me… ooh, and it looks like he got me a gift, too! Aw, Gregg, you shouldn’t have! I’ve always wanted a samurai sword…

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